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5 COMMERCIAL RADIO FORECAST FOR FRANCE i Henry White of International Radio, Paris, forecast a re-birth of commer¬ cial radio in Prance in a statement early this month. He outlined a 7-station network and declared that Post Parisian, a 60?000-watt station now operated by the government will probably become'private enterprise after January 1. NEW 0FPICE OP EDUCATION BOOKLET The U. S. Office of Education-Radio Manufacturer^ Association Joint Committee has now released copies of its second major study, "School Sound Recording and Playback Equipment" for school use. Purpose is to serve as a guide for school administrators, school station directors, and teachers in selecting and using recorders and playback equipment. The book, for instance, compares relative merits of disc, magnetic tape, and wire recorders. GROWING- SKELLaC SHORTAGE THREATENS NEW DISCS Commerce Department officials indicate that recent sharp drops in shellac imports may bring about a new disc crisis if the trend continues. Both Commerce and State Department sources attributed the decline to the unsettled political situation in India where the U. S. gets most of its supply. RECORDING STUDIOS RUSH TO BEAT PETRILoA) DEADLINE Cnristmas, 1947, will be just another working day for hundreds of musicians, production personnel, talent, and engineers in the race to record as much as possible before the December 31 deadline declared by Petrillo to be the end of AFM recording. There seems to be little doubt that Mr. Petrillo means his ban to be literal and indefinitely permanent. It is consistent with his previous state¬ ments and his basic attitude on the kind of competition transcribed radio music presents to APM musicians. national association op education broadcasters folder available The new folders describing the purpose, operation, and plan of N-A-E-B is now available. Jim Miles (WBBA, Purdue University) prepared the publication which described what N-A-E-B i s , what N-a-E-B needs, what N-a-E-B. offers, and who may join the organization. Membership rates according to wattage are stated and a listing of membership by regions is included. (Polders may be obtained from any N-A-E-B officer listed on the front page of the Newsletter.) WOMEN BROADCASTERS IN ILLINOIS-WISCONSIN RECEIVE UNUSUAL ADVICE Chicago—Women broadcasters of Illinois and Wisconsin received some unusual advice today. A speaker at their regional meeting in Chicago told them, "Stop thinking of American women radio listeners as someone always mixing up a cake." George Jennings, Director of the Radio Council of the Chicago Board of Education, was the apeaker. He added: "Use the same imagination and ingenuity required for stirring up a new cake, in stirring up the thinking of your listeners." Radio women of the two states were here to discuss merchandising, educa¬ tion and agency relations in radio.